Raglan-Manu Bay surf break

Raglan-Manu Bay surfForecast / Raglan and West Waikato / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Monday 17 Nov 2025 NZDT
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Raglan-Manu Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Raglan-Manu Bay sea temperature is
18.4° C
(Which is 2.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Raglan-Manu Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Raglan-Manu Bay at 3PM is: 0.9m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm November 17). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Nov)4ft (1.2m)12s
Afternoon (17 Nov)3ft (0.9m)11s
Evening (17 Nov)2.5ft (0.7m)11s

Table - waves today at Raglan-Manu Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Monday
17
Tuesday
18
Wednesday
19
Thursday
20
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
1
2
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
SW
0.5
W
0.7
W
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
Period(s) (?)121211111111111112121212111110101010999988
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)34125619013510378462975130311298379334358346275258207199165157123120
Wind
(km/h)
15
NE
5
NE
5
N
25
ENE
15
ENE
20
ENE
15
ENE
15
E
15
NE
20
NNE
15
NNE
15
ENE
15
E
10
E
10
ENE
10
NNE
10
NE
15
NNW
5
WNW
10
N
15
N
20
N
15
NW
10
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crossglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
on
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:14AM
2.50
9:28PM
2.56
9:55AM
2.62
10:07PM
2.62
10:30AM
2.72
10:44PM
2.67
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:24PM
0.57
3:42AM
0.43
4:04PM
0.49
4:19AM
0.37
4:40PM
0.45
4:55AM
0.35
Monday
17
Tuesday
18
Wednesday
19
Thursday
20
Sunrise-------5:58-------5:58-------5:56
Sunset---8:10-------8:12-------8:13----
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
rain showers
rain showers
clear
part cloud
rain showers
part cloud
Rain (mm)
---------1225721--11--1-
Temp. °C182222201615161621212219181818181920192018171717
Feels °C (?)152222161412141520192119181919181920202118161617
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